2000-Present

Managing Director of M-Tech Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd, a company with as main aim to play a fundamental role in improving the level of Maintenance Practice in South Africa.

As such it is instrumental in formalising maintenance management theory and imparting that knowledge to Maintenance Practitioners. The drive behind this is one of helping maintenance organisations to help themselves. Following from this objective, the main activity of the organisation is Maintenance Training, with a lesser accent on Maintenance Consulting.

As from 2003 the company moved its training to the Terotechnica Maintenance College, a subsidiary organisation of M-Tech.

Specific attention is given to developing a position in the market and redeveloping and presenting a number of maintenance courses, listed below.

Comprehensive Courses

Asset Management for Artisans

Asset Management for Maintenance Supervisors

Maintenance Planning

Advanced Maintenance Planning

Maintenance Shutdown and Project Management

Reliability Engineering in Asset Management

Maintenance Practice for Asset Management Engineers

Leadership in Asset Management

RCM Facilitation and Analysis

Short Courses

Reliability Centred Maintenance

Asset Management for Executives

Root Cause Failure Analysis

Decision Making in Maintenance

Maintenance Control

Asset Management Logistics

Water Treatment Plant Operation and Maintenance

Road Maintenance

Assets: Economical Replacement and Life Cycle Management

What is Asset Management and how does it differ fromMaintenance?

Understanding ISO 55000

Implementing ISO 55000

The Terotechnica Maintenance College is accredited with Merseta.

Specific attention was given to developing a relationship with the University of Johannesburg (RAU), which lead to an Internet based multi-modal Masters degree in Maintenance Engineering being presented under Dr Coetzee’s leadership from 2001.